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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a YouTube (Data API) trigger and Pipedream action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Videos in Subscribed Channels trigger
1. Connect your YouTube (Data API) account
2. Configure Polling interval
Configure the Create a Subscription action
1. Connect your Pipedream account
2. Select a Subscription category
3. Select a Subscription source
4. Optional- Select a Event name
5. Configure Listener ID
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

New Videos in Subscribed Channels on YouTube (Data API)

Description:Emit new event for each new YouTube video posted to a subscribed channel.

Version:0.0.5

Key:youtube_data_api-new-videos-in-subscribed-channels

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YouTube (Data API) Overview#

The YouTube Data API lets you incorporate functions normally executed on the YouTube website into your own website or application. You can perform operations like searching for videos, retrieving channel data, and managing playlists. When integrated with Pipedream's serverless platform, this API can be part of automations that react to events, synchronize YouTube data with other services, or generate custom reports.

Trigger Code#

import youtubeDataApi from "../../youtube_data_api.app.mjs";
import common from "./common.mjs";

/**
 * Uses [YouTube API](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs) to get the authenticated user's
 * subscriptions with a `totalItemCount` for each. The user's subscriptions are used to get the
 * subscribed-to channels. Then the ID of the 'uploads' playlist in each channel is used to get
 * playlist items of recently uploaded videos. Process is taken roughly from [this stackoverflow
 * comment](https://bit.ly/3lp4uRS).
 *
 * Sequence: Subscriptions -> Channels -> PlaylistItems
 *
 * The YouTube API allows [listing channels](https://bit.ly/3Fh5Hm2) using a comma-separated list of
 * channel IDs, so channels are fetched using a single series of paginated requests. To list
 * playlist items [PlaylistItems](https://bit.ly/2WN7EW2), a separate request must be made for each
 * channel's 'uploads' playlist. To limit the number of requests, playlist items are fetched only
 * for channels (subscriptions) whose [totalItemCount](https://bit.ly/3ldUYAR) is greater than the
 * last recorded `totalItemCount`.
 */
export default {
  ...common,
  key: "youtube_data_api-new-videos-in-subscribed-channels",
  name: "New Videos in Subscribed Channels",
  description: "Emit new event for each new YouTube video posted to a subscribed channel.",
  version: "0.0.5",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    youtubeDataApi,
    ...common.props,
  },
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
YouTube (Data API)	`youtubeDataApi`	`app`	This component uses the YouTube (Data API) app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling interval	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Pipedream will poll the YouTube API on this schedule

Trigger Authentication#

YouTube (Data API) uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your YouTube (Data API) account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into YouTube (Data API) and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any YouTube (Data API) API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.uploadhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube

About YouTube (Data API)#

With the YouTube Data API, you can add a variety of YouTube features to your application. Use the API to upload videos, manage playlists and subscriptions, update channel settings, and more.

Action#

Create a Subscription on Pipedream

Description:Create a Subscription. [See Doc](https://pipedream.com/docs/api/rest/#subscriptions)

Version:0.1.0

Key:pipedream-create-subscription

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Pipedream Overview#

Pipedream is an API that allows you to build applications that can connect to
various data sources and processes them in real-time. You can use Pipedream to
create applications that can perform ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) tasks,
as well as to create data-driven workflows.

Some examples of applications you can build using the Pipedream API include:

An application that can extract data from a database, transform it, and then
load it into another database.
An application that can monitor a data source for changes, and then trigger a
workflow in response to those changes.
An application that can poll an API for new data, and then process that data
in real-time.

Action Code#

import pipedream from "../../pipedream.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "pipedream-create-subscription",
  name: "Create a Subscription",
  description: "Create a Subscription. [See Doc](https://pipedream.com/docs/api/rest/#subscriptions)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    pipedream,
    subscriptionCategory: {
      propDefinition: [
        pipedream,
        "subscriptionCategory",
      ],
    },
    subscriptionSource: {
      propDefinition: [
        pipedream,
        "subscriptionSource",
        (c) => ({
          subscriptionCategory: c.subscriptionCategory,
        }),
      ],
    },
    eventName: {
      propDefinition: [
        pipedream,
        "eventName",
      ],
    },
    listenerId: {
      propDefinition: [
        pipedream,
        "listenerId",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.pipedream
      .subscribe(this.subscriptionSource, this.listenerId, this.eventName);
    response?.data?.length > 0 && $.export("$summary", "Successfully created Subscription");
    return response;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Pipedream	`pipedream`	`app`	This component uses the Pipedream app.
Subscription category	`subscriptionCategory`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`OrganisationUserGlob patterns`
Subscription source	`subscriptionSource`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Event name	`eventName`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`$errors$logs`
Listener ID	`listenerId`	`string`	The ID of the component or workflow you'd like to receive events

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